Menzi Magubane
The name of Orlando Pirates will feature in the draw for the CAF Confederation Cup quarter finals on Friday in Cairo, Egypt.
The draw will also include Mamelodi Sundowns and Kaizer Chiefs who are waiting to see who will be their opponents in the last eight.
Bucs almost took themselves out of contention on Wednesday night by losing their last Group A match 1 – 0 to Enyimba in Nigeria on Wednesday night, but ES Setif beating Al Ahly Benghazi helped the Bucs to progress to the last eight.
Pirates will be unseeded in the draw together with Coton Sport of Cameroon, Tunisian CS Sfaxien and Pyramids of Egypt.
They will be drawn against group winners who will be seeded and those teams are Enyimba of Nigeria, JS Kabylie of Algeria, ASC Jaraaf of Senegal and Raja Casablanca of Morocco.
The quarter finals first leg is scheduled for 15 and 16 May with the return on 22 and 23 May. As for Bucs they will play at home first with whoever they will be drawn with.
The quarter finals will be a familiar territory for the Buccaneers who appeared for the first time in 2015, finishing as runners-up after losing to Etoile du Sahel of Tunisia in the final.
Bucs turn their attention to the DStv Premiership crucial encounter when they meet Sundowns at Orlando Stadium at 3pm on Sunday.
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